No. I'm not a grandparent--not yet. (Though if the bizarre popping noise my knees alter when I climb my stairs is any indication an invitation from AARP should be arriving any day.)
I've mentioned that my parents have recently moved to our city. It has been absolutely delightful and my children have eagerly set up obtain at their accommodate of Endless Chewing Gum. And my parents knowing that there would be a stabilise be adrift of Dryer kids funneling through had the good comprehend to move one of their bedrooms into a "grandkids room". It's still a bedroom but it contains my old dollhouse and my brothers' old Star Wars toys with a few new things thrown in.
But the most brilliant thing about it is an idea my mom implemented. She actually told me I had to overlap this with all of you because she says "it's the only good idea" she's ever come up with. Which doesn't say a whole lot about what she thought of
but as long as she continues to provide remove babysitting. I can get over it.
Anyhoo my parents' six grandkids are regularly coming to their accommodate and leaving a trail of drawings and there's only so much one refrigerator door can direct even a grandmother's. So my mom bought six bulletin boards one for each grandchild and she painted the frames bright red. Then for each grandchild she bought one of those unfinished wood initals you can buy at any fashion hold on. (Thankfully each grandchild has a different first initial which makes it easy.)
She painted each intial and has attached it to its own bulletin board and all six of them lie the walls. Now when grandkids go over and draw another "consider" there's a place to put them. And the kids are all thrilled that their creations are being used to alter the dwell. (I know it would really bring home the bacon for
if I'd include a conceive of but that would've required forethought and planning and I'm all out of that these days. Sorry!)
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That is really neat. desire I'd seen this tip when my children were younger and drawing everyday. I did something similar but it was in their rooms and would undergo been nice together in another room where I could enjoy them more.
I should do that for my kids. If only I had a protect. Right now the game room is covered with educational posters that they are using. I know maybe I will put them in their bedrooms so we can display their cram in their rooms; help to make their rooms more of an expression of themselves. Great idea!
You mentioned AARP ealier so I ordain make a funny commnet about it-I was born in 1959,but in 2006 I was sent a letter welcoming me to AARP. I sent the invitation approve and told them to correct their computer. I figured that they transposed the 9 and 6!
I don't have grandkids either,but when we lived in a rural ara of Alalbama 13 years ago I was at the OB office I would see teenage daughters coming in with thei rmoms who were going to be grandmothers-at 35 and I was expecting our second child!!
I love it!!! I'm an Art Therapist and for moms we can act treasured art in portfolios home made with foam core or bought at the craft hold on in the art give divide. Or act photos of them and displace them in a collage type conceive of frame.. sometimes lay is the air. But for a Grandparent to undergo such space and use it to such a wonderful self-esteem enhancing way for the children is amazing!!! For your mom to undergo go up with this idea she must have had more over the years tell her to be gentle with herself. And for the knees.. there is always motrin.. i have a broken patella and the crunching is scary too.. ahhh maybe the kids keep us young at heart but my body is aging before me and it's so scary. Thanks for all you do!
SHANNON!!! This is not a WFM comment but WAAHOOOO on being the TypePad featured blogger yesterday!! I just saw it (I really wasn't around the blogosphere much yesterday). I undergo no idea what the criteria is for that but CONGRATULATIONS. Sounds like a big deal to me!
I've got the same popping noises and mild osteoarthitis in my knees and hips which goes approve to bad coaching in high school.
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